I need a driving lesson!

[Mike_Yi]

I didn't read the whole thread, so I hope this hasn't already been said.

I drive in a "spirited" manner all the damn time. However, when somebody wants to race, I won't. They want to race because they perceive your car as being a fast car. Let them take off. It will bug them that you though they were beneath your notice. Your car might not be faster than theirs, or it might be. What's important is how fast they think your car is. In the case of my '99 Boxster, it's not very fast from 0-60 or even for a 1/4 mile. People think it's much faster than it is though. I let them continue to think that. Why show them that they're wrong? And if your car is faster, let them wonder.

[Stiletto Pat]

Guys,

I've had my 03 Boxster S for about 8 months, and have avoided the urge to street race. Loved the car, but always concerned about tickets or accidents. Comes with growing up. Anyway, I just went and drove my first Driver Education course at Sebring Raceway yesterday - driving fast on a closed track, with a dedicated instructor - What a complete and total rush... You will learn to corner, brake, and how to hit the corners properly. I passed or held off almost everything except for 911 4S's and other hot 911s, along with a few newer Caymen S'. This was a fairly short 1.7 mile course (1.2 the racetrack), but I was hitting over 100 on the straights...

Bottom line, if you guys want to drive your cars fast, please go to a track, at a sanctioned event (Porsche Club put this on) and be safe. Be safe to innocent bystanders and kids. I guarantee you it will be a blast and change your view of Boxsters as a pretty darn hot car.

Pat

[Lordblood]

I've had a base 2.5 Boxster for 2 years before I totaled it (bad day) and bought a 2002 S to replace it. I've driven the S for roughly 4 months now and I can sit here and tell you, hand on my heart, I don't really care much for the extra power of the S. The truth is, below 4k RPM's there is such a small difference in torque between base and S that you'd hardly notice it(at least to me). All the power is up at the top end, and for city dwellers like me that top end is not reached all too often.

Enjoy what you have, Boxsters may not be faster than many cars on the road these days but remember that those cars are nowhere near as special as your Box.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Stiletto Pat

Bottom line, if you guys want to drive your cars fast, please go to a track, at a sanctioned event (Porsche Club put this on) and be safe. Be safe to innocent bystanders and kids.

+1 for track driving instead of street racing. Gets the need for speed out of your blood in a safe manner - which is why track driving is so addicting!

[Couper1]

I haven't read through everyone's reply here so not sure if I'm repeating anyone. He's my input. I love my 2002 standard boxster (non S) very much. But it is NOT a super fast car off the line.
I purposely do not try to race anyone as I have been beaten before by other 6 cylindar automatics when trying to keep up.

In my opinion, the best time to "show off" a little power is when your cruising along at 50 mph in 4rd gear, and you drop her down to 3rd and gun it. Then you'll feel the power!!

[tdurnan]

Must agree with the general group here. Basics are racing on the street is tempting (I;m sure all of us have felt the pitter patter of our hearts at some point). But the reality is it isn't safe for others around us no matter how good we think we are. The issue really becomes that we have know idea about the person beside us which makes the practise even worse. Leave racing for the trips to the bedroom with the wife. You'll both be happier, well as long as you don't miss a shift that is :P

[iluvboxsters]

A few things:

If you got a Boxster to try to be faster than others, you failed. For the amount of money you spent you could have gotten an M3 or something along those lines that owuld beat every car on the road. Boxsters aren't that fast to be honest, at least when compared to the subaru wrx sti's of the world.

If someone else is egging you on, doing nothing is even more boss. I have people revving at me all day, I just simply ignore it and don't give them the satisfaction. I don't know why you even tried to race a toyoto...

Sasha are you a female by any chance? "my little boxster" sounds like something only a girl would say